Hey Big Dog

April 1st, 2009

Here is me and Amanda Palmer singing “Hey Big Dog” at SXSW. I wrote the song with Patty Griffin and it’s an imagined duet between myself and my big dog, Ralph. Amanda sings the Ralph part just beautifully. She really makes me cry. It’s so tender and sweet. Like I really am singing to my wonderful baby dog, and I only made one guitar mistake.





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13 Responses to “Hey Big Dog”

  1. Denny says:

    Our office sending <3 to Margaret.

  2. Dan says:

    I like how Amanda has altered her “Kurzweil” keyboard to “KurtWeil.”

  3. Lexie says:

    That was such an awesome surprise. I got some cute photos [click my name to see em].

  4. leslie cossey says:

    this song and duet make me SMILE thank you both!

  5. LT says:

    That was very pretty.
    My pup sat on my lap and we listened together and had snacks.
    All was very lovely.

  6. robby says:

    SO DUCKING ADORABLE!!!!

    more people need to make songs about their animals.

  7. galyn says:

    what a beautiful voice you have!!! Lovely. :)

  8. Elle says:

    That was the shit!! Yay!

  9. annmarie says:

    my big dog is on the front page of

    http://www.funnydogsite.com/

    i love you margaret cho!!!!!

  10. Beth says:

    My friends and I saw you perform this at Treasure Island in Minnesota on April 4th. I loved it!!!! It made me miss my pup like crazy and I can’t stop thinking about how I’m her “big human mama”.
    Great job on the whole show!!

  11. Andre says:

    So sweet…:-))))

  12. Love the site! Nothing like cute animals to get me through the day lol. I am going to add your feed to my google reader. Hopefully you update regularaly. Thanks!

  13. Maradoll in Cleveland says:

    I LOVE THIS!!!!! *YOU* are sooooo impressive to me, Margaret…you try to hide it ~ but I *KNOW* guitar is THE MOST DIFFICULT INSTRUMENT TO LEARN. The fact that you even attempted it is amazing ~ the fact that you play better than most, sing BEAUTIFULLY and write great sounds that are both touching, heartfelt and funny enough to make people LOL, well…I just don’t have a good enough compliment to put here. Just sayin’ ~ you’re not foolin’ anyone! ~ the stuff you have accomplished is next to impossible for most people :) ~~ I am so proud of ma gurl. *Kisses!* see you in Cleveland on 10/5/12!!!! xo~Mara

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